Letters to the editor: Oct. 29

If it isn't broken ... and Obamacare

Obamacare is a perfect example of our government's philosophy; "If is isn't broken, fix it until it is."

David Trout

Lafayette

Stories of breast cancer need to be told

I commend the J&C for calling attention to Breast Cancer Awareness month and featuring women who have dealt with the disease. And I agree with the article in Sunday's paper that too much emphasis is given to pink ribbons, pink shoes and even pink trash trucks, but not only because it takes the focus from other cancers but because it takes the focus from the women who are dying from metastatic breast cancer and the 40,000 women who will die this year from the disease.

I respectfully ask you to reprint an article published in the Idaho Statesman on Sunday: Putting the Realities of Cancer Into Words. This tells the story of young women who are living and dying from this disease. Their stories need to be told in Pinktober.

Phyllis Scanlon

West Lafayette

Too much pink for you? Get over it

To the J&C for posting such a title - "Pink fatigue" - for the story about re-evaluating breast cancer month, shame on you. It's a title that is asking for controversy. Why would you even ask such a question?

It would seem that "The Pink Movement" has an army behind it. Maybe other types of cancer should have the same. Just because there hasn't been the same rally behind other types of cancers, doesn't mean pink people can't show their pride as strongly as they possibly can. You see other types of colors each and every month that support other types of cancers, as well as other disease and conditions. Maybe there will eventually be the same support. In the meantime, suck it up, it's only for a month.